BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · McKenzie County

2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit

T149N R96W sections 3, 4, 9, 10

Spacing unit2 wells allowed · order 31567North Fork-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
2,560
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T149N R96W sections 3, 4, 9, 10
Pool
North Fork-Bakken
Zone
Zone XVI
County
McKenzie County
Surveyed wells inside
16
Most wells operated by
Burlington / Marathon
Unit id
dsu-bf643038b12c919cede8
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
2
Wells assigned to this unit
1
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
-14
First linked order
Apr 11, 2013
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
0
Neighbourhood target density
10.74 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
7.67 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 0 laterals still fit at the density this unit's neighbourhood has reached (the larger of the 75th percentile of mature units within 10 miles and the median of units drilled in the last three years), placed in the widest gaps with the setbacks of the November 2026 method. Machine-made and geometric: not a commitment to drill, not a permit, order, lease or plan, and no economics. Land is counted once, so a unit under a larger unit shows only what the larger one left. How it is computed.

Map

CURTIS 24-9 MBHCURTIS 14-9 MBHCURTIS 44-9 TFHCURTIS 44-9 MBHMERTON 41-15MBHMERTON 21-15MBHMERTON 21-15MBH 2NHCURTIS 21-16 TFH-3NHMERTON 21-15TFHMERTON 21-15TFH 3NHCURTIS 21-16 MBH-2NHMERTON 14-10TFH ULWMERTON 14-10MBHMERTON 1-3HCURTIS 1-4HRINKURTIS 8-1-5UTFH-ULW1 mi

DMR footprint (NAD83) with the published surface locations of its wells. Laterals run under the unit; pads often sit on a neighbouring section.

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Wells inside the unit

WellOperatorStatusLateral inside
CURTIS 24-9 MBHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,623 ft100%
CURTIS 14-9 MBHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,460 ft98%
CURTIS 44-9 MBHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,452 ft100%
CURTIS 44-9 TFHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,452 ft100%
MERTON 41-15MBHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,436 ft100%
MERTON 21-15MBHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,407 ft99%
MERTON 21-15MBH 2NHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,376 ft97%
CURTIS 21-16 TFH-3NHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,322 ft95%
MERTON 21-15TFHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPInactive (IA)10,319 ft95%
CURTIS 21-16 MBH-2NHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,315 ft96%
MERTON 21-15TFH 3NHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,315 ft92%
MERTON 14-10TFH ULWBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,274 ft100%
MERTON 14-10MBHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPPlugged and abandoned (PA)10,269 ft100%
MERTON 1-3HBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,115 ft100%
CURTIS 1-4HBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)9,127 ft100%
RINKURTIS 8-1-5UTFH-ULWBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)6,113 ft61%

Surveyed Bakken-system laterals with at least 660 ft of plan-view length inside the published footprint. Geometric membership, not a legal assignment; a lateral can cross several units.

Order history

  1. Order 19796Case 17526Designated the spacing unitBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS CO. LP
  2. Order 21300Case 18997Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS CO. LP
  3. Order 25463Case 23134Pooled all interests in the unitBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS CO. LP,
  4. Order 24970Case 22635Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 2 wells allowedBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS CO. LP
  5. Order 31567Case 29016Designated the spacing unitPETROSHALE (US), INC.

Facts extracted from signed NDIC orders whose land description covers this footprint; machine-extracted and not human-reviewed. A stated allowance is what that order allowed, not proof that it governs today.

Overlapping units

12 other units share a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.